Candidate Files Suit

DIGEST

July 21, 1994|Staff reports

Anne Gannon, a candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, sued the county's supervisor of elections in Palm Beach County Circuit Court on Wednesday, claiming the supervisor wrongly invalidated six signatures on the petition Gannon filed to authorize her candidacy.

The suit maintains Gannon, a Democrat running in District 88 in south Palm Beach County, obtained the needed 961 signatures to place her name on the ballot.

But six signatures were rejected by Jackie Winchester, Supervisor of Elections, who said the signatures on the petition cards did not match the those on the voter rolls, according to the suit.

In the suit, Gannon claims the six petition cards are valid, and she presented affidavits to back the claim.

Without the six signatures, Gannon's name cannot be placed on the ballot through the petition process, which candidates can select to avoid the filing fee.